Michael J. Epstein
- Known for
- Directing
Michael J. Epstein is a Los Angeles filmmaker known for social-satire-horror Clickbait (2019), 70s-Euro-vampire Blood of the Tribades (2016), psychotronic-sci-fi Magnetic (2015), and the avant-mystery Ten (2014). He often co-writes, co-directs, and co-produces with his wife, Sophia Cacciola, with their production company, Launch Over.
Filmography
- DR1-V3N
DR1-V3N TBA
Camera Operator, Gaffer
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb TBA
Sound Recordist, Camera Operator
- Eidolon
Eidolon TBA
Editor
- My Shadow
My Shadow TBA
Sound Recordist
- You are in Hell!
You are in Hell! TBA
Sound Mixer
Witchcraft TBA
Editor
- I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes TBA
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, Gaffer, Editor, Sound Recordist
The Legend of Tinker Hell TBA
as Family member
The Killer Pizza Man TBA
Actor
- Our Man Funk
Our Man Funk TBA
as Manny, Producer
- All for Tomorrow
All for Tomorrow TBA
as Pete Harlan Double, Co-Producer, Editor, Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Imaging Technician, Gaffer, Colorist
- Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!
Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers! TBA
as V
- Padre Morte
Padre Morte TBA
as Iron Spine
- Worthless
Worthless TBA
as Gary
- An LA Christmas Story
An LA Christmas Story TBA
as Felix Finklestein
- Wake Not the Dead
Wake Not the Dead TBA
as You Guys, Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
Final Transmissions 2026
as Alien, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound Mixer, Director, Sound Recordist
The Ringing 2026
as Jack
Hag 2026
Thanks
We're Not Them 2026
Gaffer, Sound Recordist
Robot Dracula 2026
as Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock, Writer, Editor
Spandexorcist 2025
as Rick Rockwell
Day of the Dad 2025
Second Assistant Camera, Editor, Co-Producer
OnlyFangs 2025
as Monster Hunter
Cringe 2025
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
The Mystery of Emma Thorn 2025
First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician
Fatal Desires 2025
Thanks
- Tragic Tones: The Music of Hider in the House
Tragic Tones: The Music of Hider in the House 2025
Sound
The Lost Leatherface 2025
Sound
Chainsaw Symphony 2025
Sound
Giving Up the Ghost 2025
Sound
Den of Vampires 2025
Sound
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other 2025
Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Gaffer
Return to Dark City 2025
Sound
Bite School 2 2025
as Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert, Editor, Writer
Backwoods Blood Feud 2025
Writer
Mother Goose's Scary Tales 2024
as Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck), as Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special 2024
Actor
Solvent 2024
as Nazi
- Blender Memories
Blender Memories 2024
Director
Open Wide 2024
Director
Aerospace Engineering 2024
Director
Dear Diary 2024
Director
Smash the Competition 2024
Director
Slasher Fetish 2024
Cinematography
- The Song I'm Singing Tomorrow
The Song I'm Singing Tomorrow 2024
Sound Mixer
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong 2024
as Michael J. Epstein, Producer
Hacking at Leaves 2024
as Self
American Terror Tales 3 2024
Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
- Bad Day on Fountain
Bad Day on Fountain 2023
Co-Producer
- The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis
The Ballad of Little Jo - interview with Suzy Amis 2023
Director, Sound
- In Action with Michael Ironside
In Action with Michael Ironside 2023
Sound
- Two Small Bodies - Interview with Suzy Amis
Two Small Bodies - Interview with Suzy Amis 2023
Sound
- Enough Is Enough
Enough Is Enough 2023
Sound
- Love and Hate
Love and Hate 2023
Sound
- Little Lambs
Little Lambs 2023
Sound
Don't F**k with Anne Margaret 2023
Assistant Camera
Kill Dolly Kill 2023
Editor
Bloody Bridget 2023
as Attacker
Exterminate All Rational Thought 2023
Sound Mixer
Craving 2023
Camera Operator, Gaffer
- Handling His Property
Handling His Property 2023
Sound Mixer
- Barfuss, Homicide
Barfuss, Homicide 2023
Sound Mixer
Fat Fleshy Fingers 2023
as Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers"), Writer, Visual Effects, Sound, Producer, Editor, Post Production Supervisor
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter 2022
as Bill
The Once and Future Smash 2022
as Repo Man, Writer, Producer, Director, Sound, Camera Operator
Reel Trouble 2022
Sound, Editor, Producer
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror 2022
Editor
Memento Mori 2022
Editor, Sound Designer
In the Dark 2022
Actor
Meat Friend 2022
Editor, Sound, Visual Effects
The Devil's Tail 2021
as Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
- I Thought His Name Was Blarche
I Thought His Name Was Blarche 2021
as Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension, Director, Writer
Philia 2021
as Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins 2021
as Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self, Producer, Director, Writer
Sitting Duck 2021
as Burglar
- Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality
Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality 2021
as Himself
Microbudget Marauders 3 2021
as Self
- The Big Steep
The Big Steep 2021
as Keeper of the kettle
- Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution
Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution 2020
as Himself
Happy Horror Days 2020
as Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
Brides of Satan 2020
as Dewdrop
Bloodhound 2020
as Renfield, Writer, Editor
Tea Time 2020
Gaffer, Camera Operator
7 Sins 2020
as Pentheus (segment: Pride), Director, Editor, Music, Writer
Disco Graveyard 2020
Editor
Darling Pet Monkey 2020
Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Recordist
Shiny Diamonds 2020
Producer
Dinogore 2020
Actor
Pride 2020
as Pentheus, Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer, Director
Eagle Rock 2019
Sound Mixer
I Am an Addict 2019
as The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania"), Director
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s 2019
Sound, Camera Operator
The Dial Tone of Doom 2019
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Half-Cocked 2019
as Hooligan, Producer, Assistant Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Merde
Merde 2019
as Inmate Harvey
Sugar Off The Button 2019
Actor
Re-Home 2019
Gaffer, Boom Operator, Sound Recordist
Umbilicus Desidero 2019
Director
- Dirty D: Jelly
Dirty D: Jelly 2019
Director, Cinematography, Editor
The Obliteration of the Chickens 2019
Editor
Clickbait 2019
as Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump, Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Original Music Composer, Producer
- Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red 2018
as Self
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 2018
as safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned"), Director, Writer, Sound, Editor, Cinematography, Music
Conspiracy X 2018
Director, Editor, Sound, Cinematography, Music
- The Shackling
The Shackling 2018
as couch TV couple
Leopard (Part II) 2018
as Dave, Sound, Editor
A Taste of Phobia 2018
as Elijah (segment "Somniphobia"), Director, Editor, Sound, Music, Writer
Manos Returns 2018
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dept. of Reincarnation 2018
as Urinator, Editor, Sound, Camera Operator
2 Die For 2018
as Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness"), Director of Photography, Producer, Music
Glossary of Broken Dreams 2018
as DeForest Schbeibi, Camera Operator
Trashsploitation 2018
Director of Photography, Director, Music
60 Seconds to Die 2017
Director
Swipe Right 2017
as Bill
What Metal Girls Are Into 2017
as Metal Guitarist
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics 2017
Sound
The Streets Run Red 2017
Camera Operator
Hipster Ghost 2017
as Michael, Writer, Visual Effects, Sound, Editor, Producer, Music
For a Good Time, Call... 2017
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
- Dyin' Ryan
Dyin' Ryan 2017
Sound
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels 2016
Director
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead 2016
Sound, Camera Operator
- Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic
Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic 2016
as Self
Grindsploitation 2016
as Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
Weekend Vampire 2016
as Goth band drummer
The Blood Is the Life 2016
as Self, as music, Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer
- El Loco Nihilismo
El Loco Nihilismo 2016
as Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
Thirteen 2016
Cinematography
Blood of the Tribades 2016
Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Sound, Producer
- Idioms Origins Volume 1
Idioms Origins Volume 1 2016
as Store Clerk
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell 2016
as Party Band
Gay Jesus 2015
Sound Mixer, Camera Operator
Innsmouth 2015
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
Planchette 2015
as Killer, Sound Recordist, Music, Cinematography, Boom Operator
- Los Locos Dientes
Los Locos Dientes 2015
as Patients
Magnetic 2015
as Subject of painting (uncredited), Writer, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Musician
Bring Us Your Women 2015
as King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba"), Director, Producer
For the Love of Metamorphosis 2015
Actor, Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Sound
The Ungovernable Force 2015
Assistant Camera, Sound Editor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer, Camera Operator
Honky Holocaust 2014
Sound Editor
- A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN 2014
as Self
- Uncut
Uncut 2014
as Self - Red Team Captain
Ten 2014
as Subject of painting, Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Foley Artist, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Special Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Supervisor, Music Editor, Colorist
Fat 2013
as Dinner party guest #1
- The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee 2013
as Animated band member
- El Loco Ojo
El Loco Ojo 2013
as Number 6 / Subject of Painting
- Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature 2012
as Dirt Thief
- Los Locos Manos
Los Locos Manos 2012
as Subject of Painting
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth 2005
as Alien Horde
End Zone 2 1970
as Smash-Mouth, Characters, Story, Producer
- End Zone
End Zone 1965
Executive Producer, Producer
Credits from TMDB.